CR104 OG12 some confuse idea arise form explaination.

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104. Although the discount stores in Goreville's central
shopping district are expected to close within fi ve
years as a result of competition from a SpendLess
discount department store that just opened, those
locations will not stay vacant for long. In the fi ve years
since the opening of Colson's, a nondiscount
department store, a new store has opened at the
location of every store in the shopping district that
closed because it could not compete with Colson's.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens
the argument?
(A) Many customers of Colson's are expected to do
less shopping there than they did before the
SpendLess store opened.
(B) Increasingly, the stores that have opened in the
central shopping district since Colson's opened
have been discount stores.
(C) At present, the central shopping district has as
many stores operating in it as it ever had.
(D) Over the course of the next fi ve years, it is
expected that Goreville's population will grow at
a faster rate than it has for the past several
decades.
(E) Many stores in the central shopping district sell
types of merchandise that are not available at
either SpendLess or Colson's.

Could the option E be regarded as supporter of the conclusion?
The store sell merchandise not available which mean they are "likely" not affected and they "might" not close
so I think E has some strengh on the conclusion
Is it right?if wrong could you give me reasons?
we focus the meaning.
for example:from sample test OG12
21. Metal rings recently excavated from seventh-century
settlements in the western part of Mexico were made
using the same metallurgical techniques as those used
by Ecuadorian artisans before and during that period.
These techniques are sufficiently complex to make
their independent development in both areas unlikely.
Since the people of these two areas were in cultural
contact, archaeologists hypothesize that the
metallurgical techniques used to make the rings found
in Mexico were learned by Mexican artisans from
Ecuadorian counterparts.
Which of the following would it be most useful to
establish in order to evaluate the archaeologists'
hypothesis?
(A) Whether metal objects were traded from
Ecuador to western Mexico during the seventh
century
(B) Whether travel between western Mexico and
Ecuador in the seventh century would have been
primarily by land or by sea
(C) Whether artisans from western Mexico could
have learned complex metallurgical techniques
from their Ecuadorian counterparts without
actually leaving western Mexico
(D) Whether metal tools were used in the seventhcentury
settlements in western Mexico
(E) Whether any of the techniques used in the
manufacture of the metal rings found in western
Mexico are still practiced among artisans in
Ecuador today
we conclude from the "trade" that there "might" learning.
if as what we did in the question 104(read the explaination of E). we could say the since no information given "trade would relevant to learning"
Is it right?if wrong could you give me reasons?
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by subgeeth » Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:46 pm
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IMO B it is aweakening question


what we need to weaken is location will not stay vacant for long =>answer it will stay vacant
how they are drawing this conclusion from example a new store opened for every store that closed

B) Increasingly, the stores that have opened in the
central shopping district since Colson’s opened
have been discount stores-so since all are discount stores they will also close with the competion from Spendless store

due to competion from non discounted store colsoc there is no non discounted store
similarly if spendless store opens there will be no more discounted store

Yes E is strengthening question because if they sell good which is not available they wont close in competion but u need to weaken new store cannot be opened


105
IMO A

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